fountain pen and alcohol marker

[mbeckett]

i did this one on the weekend and forgot to post here. still working on making CS part of my morning online "art stroll"!

this is becoming a favorite combination of media for me, although i find alcohol marker is a pain to work with. you have to work so fast to get decent blending. ah well, there's lots of different color media options that should work with fountain pen i can experiment with in the future. but for now, there's still things to discover with this combination.

alcohol marker, fountain pen, white acrylic ink and a bit of metallic marker for the chain she is wearing (doesn't show up in the scan unfortunately) on 6 x 9" Bristol Vellum.

 

[Enyaw]

Lovely... Thanks for the heads up. Dang, I was drinking alcohol and then I couldn't find my marker or remember what I wanted it for.

 

[mbeckett]

Lovely... Thanks for the heads up. Dang, I was drinking alcohol and then I couldn't find my marker or remember what I wanted it for.

haha... i was going to put some bad alcohol pun in the title, but thought i showed good restraint not to. thanks for filling that gap!

thank you!

 

[Artyczar]

This is really incredible! How do you do it? I hate alcohol markers!

 

[Charlie’s Mum (Maureen)]

Hi Mike, good to see your drawings again … now they’ll give pleasure to a lot more people!
I like this, looks a good combo … but I’m not a fan of markers!

 

[laika]

What a beautiful smile you captured! Just the right amount of hatching. I am not at all familiar with alcohol ink, but the colors look great here. Good stuff!

this is becoming a favorite combination of media for me, although i find alcohol marker is a pain to work with. you have to work so fast to get decent blending. ah well, there's lots of different color media options that should work with fountain pen i can experiment with in the future...

I haven't experimented much, but color pencils generally seem to be plenty translucent for using with ink.

 

[snoball]

Excellent! You gave her loads of personality.

 

[mbeckett]

This is really incredible! How do you do it? I hate alcohol markers!

thanks Arty! how i do it? make a mess with alcohol markers, then cover up the bad parts with fountain pen!

 

[mbeckett]

Hi Mike, good to see your drawings again … now they’ll give pleasure to a lot more people!
I like this, looks a good combo … but I’m not a fan of markers!

thanks Maureen! nice to see the gang from WDE reassembling here! looking forward to the new format!

 

[mbeckett]

What a beautiful smile you captured! Just the right amount of hatching. I am not at all familiar with alcohol ink, but the colors look great here. Good stuff!


I haven't experimented much, but color pencils generally seem to be plenty translucent for using with ink.

thanks! colored pencil over alcohol marker is a tried and true technique, but i think i'll keep my fountain pens away from the CP... i don't imagine that waxy stuff will be good for my pen nibs.

 

[mbeckett]

Excellent! You gave her loads of personality.

thanks Snoball!

 

[Triduana]

Loads of character in this portrait! It's very good.

 

[mbeckett]

Loads of character in this portrait! It's very good.

thank you!

 

[Queen Bee]

Great expression. The hands are so well done. I find hands difficult to do.

 

[mbeckett]

Great expression. The hands are so well done. I find hands difficult to do.

thanks QB! i enjoy drawing hands. they are definitely challenging, but add so much expressiveness to a portrait!

 

[joe1It]

wonderful

 

[mbeckett]

wonderful

thanks Joe!

 

[Terri]

Omg, this is fabulous! The palette, the posture, the beautiful smile- and your inkwork is just inspired. Wow!

Makes me smile just to look at it.

 

[mbeckett]

Omg, this is fabulous! The palette, the posture, the beautiful smile- and your inkwork is just inspired. Wow!

Makes me smile just to look at it.

thank you! hard to live up to this review!

 

[Terri]

thank you! hard to live up to this review!

Heh. I somehow doubt that.